Hose-supporter.



PATENTED JAN. 30

A. B. KURTZ. HOSE SUPPORTER.

, APPLICATION IILE D AUG. 1, 1905.

ed -certain new and use 1 Improvements in' Y l l nosn sueeonren.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jam 30, 1906.

Application filed August 1, 1905. Serial No. 272,270.

To albwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT B. KUaTz, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Connellsville, in the county of Fayette and State of Penns lvania, have invent- Hose-Supporters, of which the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in garment-supports; and the invention relates more particularly to a support adapted to be used as a garter for supporting hosiery.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of novel means for supporting ho siery which will not curtail or interfere with the circulation within a limb .or portion of the body in connection with which the support is used, and in this connection I have devised a novel form of support or garter for holding and supporting hosiery. To this end I have provided a resilient strip of material the ends of which are adapted to be fastened to the top of a hose, while the central portion of the strip is secured to the nether. garment of a person upon whom the hose is supported.

My improved support and the minor details of construction thereof will be herein' after more fully described and claimed, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a limb of a person, illustrating my improved support as retaining a hose upon the limb. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary front eleva tion of a limb upon which my improved support is placed. Fig. 3 is a top plan of a hose and my improved support. Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating the rear side of a clasp used in connection with my im roved support. side of a central clasp, and Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the support.

In the accompanying drawings the refer- Fig. 5 is a similar view of t 1e rear.

once-numeral 1 designates the limb of a per-' son, the same being lllustrated 1n connection with a nether garment 2 and a hose 3.

To support the hose 3 upon the limb 1,1 employ a resilient flexible strip of material 4, W1 1b Is made of such a length as to partially 1c the limb 1 approximately three- Martin the circumference of the limb. The

ends of the strip 4 are provided with clasps 5, each of which is a fiat oval plate or button 6, preferably constructed ol metal, such as stering silver or gold. The one face of each clasp is providedwith. a yoke 7 to which the one end of the strip 4 is secured. Adjacent to the yoke 7 I provide hooks 8 8. These hooks are bent toward the yoke 7,Whereb when a clasp is placed upon each end of the stri 4 one clasp can be placed in engagement wit the hose or-stocking 3 and the strip 4 placed to partially encircle the limb 1, at

which time the clasp upon the opposite end of the strip can be secured in the hose and be firmly retained in engagement therewith. The opposite faces of the olasps may be suitably engraved and provided with the monogram or initials of the person owning orwear ing thesupports. Centrally of the strip 4 I mount another clasp 9, consisting of a'metallic strip 10, carrying a lug 11 at each end, these lugs being adapted to extend through the strip 4. and be bent upon the strip to 1'1, tain the clasp 9 thereon. The clasp is also provided with rcarwardly-depcnding hooks 12 12, which also pass through the resilient strip 4 and are adapted to erwage in the nether garment 2, as clearly illustrated in Figs 1 and 3 of the drawings.

In placing my improved support in posi-, tion to retain a hose upon a limb the central clasp 9 is preferably first positioned upon the nether garment 2 and then the end clasps 5 5 placed in engagement with the hose 3, this operation causing the strip 4 to partially oncircle the limb, and by the construction of my improved support and the. manner in which it is placed upon the limb it will be impossible for any binding 01' the support to exist which would retard or interfere with the circulation of the limb upon which it is place.

I also desire to call attention to the fact that the simplicity of construction permits of the supports being easily and quickly placed in position upon the limb, and the general appearance of the support adds considerably to the merits of the same.

I do not care to confine myself to the kind of resilient flexible material employed, and it is thought from the foregoing that the con struction, operation, and advantages of the herein-described garment-support will be apparent without further doseription,:n1d various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the ri ed by 'said 'plate to whi thereof.

What I;claim,'a nd desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is a 1. A support of the class described consisting of a resilient flexible stri of material, a clasp carried'by each end 0 said material, each claspconslstingof a late, a yoke carchthe end of-said strip s secured, rearwardly-extending hooks "carriedby said plate. and adapted to engage hose, a central clasp carried by said strip,

' said clasp consisting of a plate, rearwardlyextending lugs carried-b said plate, and engagin said strip,- depen ing'hogks carried by said p ate and ada ted-t0 engage-in a nether garment, substantially as descrlbed.

2. A support of the class described consist- -,Witnesses-:

ingnof resilient flexible strip adapted to partia end ofsaid strip, a plurality of hooks carried byeach clasf and adapted to engage in a hose, a clas ocated centrally of said strip, a plura'lit 0 hooks carried b said clasp, and ada t hoo on the centrally-located caspprojectin a dlrection atright angles "to the direction in which the hooks on the-end clasps project, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affilignysignature 30 in the presence of two witrieasgi 's;

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y'en'circle a" limb, clasps earned by each 20 'to engage in a net er arment the 2 5 

